William keuffel



' (No Model.)

W. KEUPFEL.

TAPE MEASURE.

No. 297,417. Patented Apr 22, 1884.

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VILLIAM KEUFFEL, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

TAPE-MEASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,417, dated April 22, 1884.

Application filed February 5, 1883. (No model.)

T0 (2% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, .WVM. KEUFFEL, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Tapes, of

which the following is a' specification.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents the end of a measuringtape with my improved strengtheningpiece firmly attached. Fig. 2 represents the parts before they are secured together.

Similar lettehas of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the main body of the tape, a short piece of which is laid around the tube a on the loop or ring A.

B is the strengthening-piece lapping on the lower side of the tape, (6. 6., that without the inch-marks) over the first three inches, (more or less,) and on the face over one inch only, the whole being stitched together by strong linen threads.

This construction makes the tape thickest at the loop, tapering it gradually down from three or four thicknesses to two and one, making the tape strongest Where it needs the most strength. Tapes without my improvement give out very quick at this point. The strengthening-piece B is of such length and so arranged as to designate different marks on opposite sidesas,.forinstance, extending down to the six-inch mark on one side and to the three-inch mark on the other, thereby making those points conspicuous in measurlng.

I ajn aware that it is not new to strengthen weak portions of flexible straps; but this invention seeks to make designated points upon a tape-measure conspicuous by a strengtheningstrip secured thereto, as shown.

That I claim is- As a new article of manufacture, the measuringtape herein described, consisting of the tape A, the loop A, and the strengthening and marking piece B, the latter extending down the tape and ending at the two-inch and four-inch marks, or other designated points on opposite sides, thereby making such points conspicuous, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name in presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

\V. KEUFFEL.

\Vitnesses:

H. KALTWA SSER, OTTO VORSOHULZE. 

